Gorgeous, isn’t it ? That rock in the distance, just to the left of the Grand Pier, houses the GBG’s annual “secret entry” that is only revealed to tickers when they’ve completed 90% of the Guide. You have to walk out to it at low tide. Weston’s second new tick is yards from the Tap’n’Fork,… Continue reading NUTELLA PIZZA AND OTHER CRIMES AGAINST GOOD TASTE IN WESTON-SUPER-MARE
Tag: Weston-super-Mare
“A new GBG entry in Weston-super-Mare ? ANOTHER one !”
No, dear, TWO (2) new entries, and another on the way back to Bristol. Enough to tempt me out to the coast on an £8.00 Off-Peak Day Return. Weston is a giant in the pub tickers’ world these days, the Hastings of the West, calling us back annually with micros, Bass and music. Of course… Continue reading “A new GBG entry in Weston-super-Mare ? ANOTHER one !”
ENTER THE DRAGON
18th January 2020 The last pub of the night, the last of the Great Western Adventure, a first ever venture to the Dragon. Having got the new GBG tick out of the way, the Super Mare was our oyster. Music in the Brit Bar, Otter in the Criterion, karaoke in Off The Rails. Even the… Continue reading ENTER THE DRAGON
WESTON BLACK CATS AND CULLOMPTON BLOWOUTS
18th January 2020 I’ve been uncharacteristically generous to my Sis on this trip, you might think, given the tiny lanes she directed me down in Cornwall (“Only following orders !”). But her pubby observations are highly valued, she doesn’t chat about the Love Island twins from Waterbeach, and when we had a tyre blow out… Continue reading WESTON BLACK CATS AND CULLOMPTON BLOWOUTS
WESTON WRAP-UP
The problem with arriving back in town at 10.40pm is that you immediately look at options for an inadvisable last beer. The station bar, Off the Rails, had an Old Boy singing trad Irish songs, there’s a Bass pub in the Beer Guide, and some other “interesting options“. But, on the basis it had WiFi… Continue reading WESTON WRAP-UP
WESTON-SUPER-BASS
Ah, Weston-super-Mare. The English seaside, Jeffrey Archer, and Draught Bass. If you can’t make a decent blog out of that you’re not trying hard enough. Weston also has those all-important cheap guest houses that draw retiredmartin here as a base for exploration, rather like near neighbour Newport.* I picked the Welbeck (room only), because it’s… Continue reading WESTON-SUPER-BASS
THE BEERY MISEDUCATION OF LAWRENCE HILL*
A last post from the South West for a month or so. After this week I’ve nearly finished the many Bristol Guide pubs, so time to concentrate on Cheltenham next. On our way back from Falmouth, we stopped at Weston-Super-Mare, where I gave my Mum and Dad a brief tutorial on the works of Banksy. … Continue reading THE BEERY MISEDUCATION OF LAWRENCE HILL*
OUTSTANDING BEAUTY IN THE WESTERN MENDIPS
Weston Super Mare is an average seaside town, and I don’t just say that because I missed out on Dismaland tickets. It’s a bit like Great Yarmouth without the Dickensian bits, and the pubs are pretty much what you’d expect (great Spoons apart). That’s what I thought last night anyway. This morning it took on… Continue reading OUTSTANDING BEAUTY IN THE WESTERN MENDIPS
…TWO MORE BEERS IN WESTON SUPER MARE*
These are the days of our lives. En route to returning my Sis to craft central (Falmouth) I’m staying in the Royal Grosvenor in Weston for £32, mere feet from the premier Wetherspoons in town. It’s my third trip to Weston and it’s still a hard place to get your head round – tacky seaside… Continue reading …TWO MORE BEERS IN WESTON SUPER MARE*
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